- —-Texas Legislature / government / issues —–
- Texas Asks Full Appeals Court to Hear Voter ID Case
- Lawmakers discuss temporary racing commission funding fix
- Legislative leaders to keep Texas Racing Commission open for at least next 3 months – note that House leadership wants full funding which means they don’t object to the Obama-style lawlessness of the commission.
- School funding on the line when Texas Supreme Court takes on case next week
- A Timeline of Texas’ 30 Years of School Finance Legal Fights
- Texas Tribune claims schools are still hurting from “cuts” almost 5 years ago!
- New Texas law takes aim at erroneous gun-ban signs
- Decriminalized Texas Truancy Law Changes Go into Effect on September 1
- Bill Hammond calls Texas high school graduation rate inflated & unsound – all because he doesn’t believe a high number of people are home schooling! What an idiot TAB’s Hammond has proven to be.
- Home schooling is a parent’s privilege – it’s a basic human right.
- New Texas Law Requires Cameras in Special-Ed Classrooms
- Relaxed Food Stamp Rules Meant to Help Felons – just what we need…
- Texas to Crack Down on Synthetic Cannabinoids Starting Sept. 1
- A Funding Boost For Texas’ Parks
- Grant Program for Military Bases Gets Infusion of Funds
- Governor Abbott Orders Harris County Flags To Be Flown Half-Staff In Honor Of Fallen Deputy Sheriff Goforth
- Governor Abbott Issues Statement On Murder Of Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy
- Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Statement on Shooting Death of Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy
- Statement by Attorney General Ken Paxton on Murder of Deputy Darren Goforth
- Ag. Commissioner Miller Applauds Decision by Federal Judge to Halt Water Rule
- Judge Casts EPA Rule into Muddy Legal Waters
- Land Commissioner Bush crafts coastal partnership
- Land Commissioners Bush pushes 23-state effort to end green “sue & settle” racket
- Open carry advocates sue Texas DPS over capitol arrests
- Another high-profile loss for Public Integrity Unit
- Rep. Lucio III’s business affairs reviewed
- THSC fights Texas un-Ethics Commission in Federal court AUDIO
- Summary of Texas wildfire situation
- DPS Releases 2015 Texas Gang Threat Assessment
- How Texas Responded to Katrina
- Why Rush-Hour Traffic Isn’t the Best Way to Rank Urban Mobility
- TPWD reminding hunters to take hunter education before heading to the field
- Governor Abbott Names Chair And Appoints Two To Board Of Pardons And Paroles
- —- Texas campaigns / elections / other political —–
- Texas Tribune liberals pretend public is dismayed with statewide GOP officials
- Travis County Agency, Private Hospital Propose Subsidized Health Care For Upper Middle Class
- Valley vote-fraud figure files ‘zero’ financials
- Party leaders discuss DA Susan Hawk’s predicament on Lone Star Politics VIDEO
- ——- 2016 Race for the White House ——–
- Why are Republicans letting CNN pick our president?
- To the Rescue: Pro-Perry Super PAC Staffs Up
- Perry cuts Iowa team to one paid staffer
- Looking for footing in Iowa, Rick Perry camp continues to see shakeups
- Perry slides in new Iowa poll – Carson catches Trump
- Cruz, Perry Make Anti-Establishment Pitches to the Faithful
- Watch Sarah Palin chat with Ted Cruz VIDEO
- In NH, Cruz confronts Trump factor and climate advocates
- In NH, Cruz imagines Iranians slapping Kerry’s face, and Obama aides in prison
- Cruz points at Obama for deputy’s murder, shrugs off “jackass” label from Speaker John Boehner
- GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz heads to Fort Worth Stockyards
- Ben Carson Edging Close to Front-Runner Trump in Latest Iowa Poll
- Anti-Establishment vote dominates Iowa GOP caucus goers
- The ‘Trump Effect’ Alienating Conservative Latinos AUDIO
- The Borderlands, So Far from Austin
- Jeb Bush: the establishment pinata
- Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs
- Pete Sessions backs Jeb Bush, bemoans homosexual Boy Scout leader policy
- Walker: Talking About the 14th Amendment Is a Distraction
- Walker: Voters have “very legitimate concerns” about Canadian border
- Immigration without integration is ‘invasion’: Bobby Jindal
- Sanders: Dems ‘dead wrong’ on debates
- Joaquin Castro Questions Sanders’ Commitment to Latino Community
- A look at Bernie Sanders’ political background – backed communists in Latin America
- —————Texas-News-In-DC——————
- Cornyn Congratulates Judge Olvera on his Swearing-In
- Cornyn to Join El Paso Mayor, Transportation Experts for Roundtable Discussion Monday
- —————Business & Economy—————-
- Texas gas prices hover around $2.00 per gallon
- Shale boom has made U.S. oil production less vulnerable to hurricanes
- Beef production, cattle prices should rise
- Texas’ Own One-Stop Cowboy Shop
- Governor Abbott Celebrates Return Of Blue Bell At Texas Capitol
- Blue Bell-deprived Houston residents line up early as beloved ice cream returns to stores
- AEM to host conference on SPI about energy, logistics
- Groundbreaking tomorrow for Legacy West hotel tower in Plano
- High-rise apartment tower coming in Dallas’ Deep Ellum district
- Houston Energy Corridor building gets new batch of tenants
- River Oaks District to expand
- Japan Airlines returns to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Nov. 30
- Cameron stock price gained nearly 50 percent this week
- Berkshire discloses $4.5 billion stake in Phillips 66
- SpaceX property holdings in South Texas grow
- Humana suddenly drops Baylor doctors out of network
- —————-Statewide general——————-
- Webb Co. JP & bail bondsman imprisoned for extorting bribes
- Rio Grande City policeman nets year in prison in sex-for-no-arrest affair
- Video shows San Antonio man shot by sheriff’s deputies while his hands are up
- Harris Co. Deputy Sheriff Executed Days After Black Radical Group Calls for Killing Cops
- Career criminal charged with capital murder after ‘executing Houston cop in gas station ambush’ as sheriff blames ‘out of control’ Black Lives Matter movement for his death
- Alleged Cop Killer Charged: Attended Same University as Sandra Bland
- Cypress man to be arraigned Monday in deputy’s murder
- Suspect in ambush of Houston-area deputy held without bond
- Podcast that Called for Killing Cops Goes Missing After Execution
- Over One Thousand Gather Where Deputy was Executed
- Houston Cop Executed in Cold Blood — Why?
- “Cops’ Lives Matter,” Says Sheriff After Houston Killing
- Latest Cop Killing Brings Chants of ‘Pigs in a Blanket, Fry’em Like Bacon’
- Killeen: Hundreds Of Students Stayed Home Friday After Racially-Charged Threat VIDEO
- Texas Homeowners Association Upset With Dinosaur Sculptures in Yard VIDEO
- Carrot cake won ‘best taste’ at State Fair of Texas’ annual food contest
- Lubbock convenience store sells lottery ticket with $1 million winnings
- Texas teen dies of rare brain-eating amoeba infection
- Chihuahua Beaten, Tortured, Killed in Odessa
- Air Force Thunderbirds Honor Wounded DPS Sergeant
- Death of man in Dallas County jail lobby ruled homicide
- DPS: 11 hurt when bus overturns near Comanche County line
- San Angelo protest set to decry man’s plea agreement
- Lubbock ISD teacher on administrative leave after public intoxication arrest at school VIDEO
- Plainview native’s MTV show starts tonight
- New Mexico volleyball team involved in bus crash in Texas
- Suspect surrenders after leading Houston police on high-speed pursuit
- Small plane crashes in west Harris County
- 2 Houston men die in Illinois plane crash
- Austin Pilot Dies In Stunt Crash VIDEO
- Big Sunday rains lead to flood advisory in Williamson Co.
- Fiery crash kills four in north Austin
- Train Collides with Vehicle on Brazos County Tracks
- Lufkin teen charged in drowning of boy
- Man Killed In I-35 Rest Stop Stabbing Was Driving Instructor
- Sex offender escapes from Houston halfway house after removing ankle monitor
- EMS: Rescuers find body on low water side of Mansfield Dam
- Laredo Crash Kills Two Teachers, Leaves One Injured
- Denton fire department explodes suspicious backpack
Political and other Texas news for 8/31/2015
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